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Linux Mint is an Ubuntu-based distribution whose goal is to provide a classic desktop experience with many convenient, custom tools and optional out-of-the-box multimedia support. It also adds a custom desktop and menus, several unique configuration tools, and a web-based package installation interface. Linux Mint is compatible with Ubuntu software repositories. Besides its Ubuntu-based flavour, the project also produces a separate "Debian" edition (called LMDE), based on the latest stable Debian version.



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Linux Mint Summary
Distribution Linux Mint
Home Page https://linuxmint.com/
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Reviews 21.x: MichlFranken (German) • The RegisterGNU/Linux.ch (German) • MichlFranken (German) • ZDNetalternativalinux (Italian) • alternativalinux (Italian) • MichlFranken (German) • DistroWatchComputerBase (German) • Heise (German)
20.x: Heise (German) • Dedoimedoalternativalinux (Italian) • alternativalinux (Italian) • Heise (German) • alternativalinux (Italian) • DedoimedoDedoimedoDistroWatch
19.x: HectickGeekCMS CriticArstechnicaDedoimedoMediumHeise (German) • DedoimedoDistroWatch
18.x: DedoimedoHectic GeekDarkDuckDedoimedoDedoimedoArs TechnicaDarkDuckDistroWatchDedoimedoFOSS ForceHectic Geek
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16: TalLinux (Italian) • BlogspotWykop (Polish) • LinuxInsiderLinuxBSDosDedoimedoBlogspotDistroWatchThe RegisterDedoimedoLinux Review (Farsi) • Blogspot
15: Adventures in Open SourceDedoimedoDigiplace (Dutch) • DedoimedoNetwork WorldZDNetLinux Za Sve (Croatian) • ZDNetDedoimedoLinuxBSDosThe RegisterderStandard (German) • DedoimedoDatamationBlogspotDistroWatchTux TweaksDedoimedoLinuxFr (French) • Hectic GeekLinux and LifePC Pro
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8: BlogspotDruid (Romanian) • WordpressDistroWatchWordpressDedoimedoTuxRadarLinuxBSDosDanLynch.org
7: OSNewsLWNDanLynch.orgTech-no-mediaLinuxoid (Russian) • Wordpress
6: SourceForge (Japanese) • It's A Binary WorldHeadshot GamerDedoimedoLinuxPlanet
5: Tux GeekGuia do PC (Portuguese) • Tech SourceBlogspot (Russian) • Linuxoid (Russian) • Wordpress
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3.x: BlogspotWikia (Italian) • BlogspotLinux on Desktop
2.x: TuxmachinesSeopherLinux Gazette


"LMDE": DistroWatchalternativalinux (Italian) • MichlFranken (German) • DistroWatchDistroWatchDistroWatchDistroWatchDedoimedoBlogspotLinuxBSDosBlogspotZDNetBlogspotDeviceGuruLinuxBSDosDistroWatchLinuxBSDosDedoimedoDistroWatch
Where To Donate, Buy, or Try The Linux ShopDonateShells.com

Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2024-01-12: Distribution Release: Linux Mint 21.3
 • 2023-12-10: Development Release: Linux Mint 21.3 Beta
 • 2023-09-27: Distribution Release: Linux Mint 6 "LMDE"
 • 2023-09-13: Development Release: Linux Mint 6 Beta "LMDE"
 • 2023-07-16: Distribution Release: Linux Mint 21.2
 • 2023-06-21: Development Release: Linux Mint 21.2 Beta
 • 2022-12-20: Distribution Release: Linux Mint 21.1
 • 2022-12-06: Development Release: Linux Mint 21.1 Beta
 • 2022-07-31: Distribution Release: Linux Mint 21
 • 2022-07-14: Development Release: Linux Mint 21 Beta
 • 2022-03-20: Distribution Release: Linux Mint 5 "LMDE"
 • 2022-02-28: Development Release: Linux Mint 5 Beta "LMDE"
 • More Mint releases...

  Headlines:
 • 2024-01-31 Mint publishes fixes and warning about Wayland sessions
 • 2024-01-03 Mint upgrades kernel for its Edge media
 • 2023-12-06 Mint offers Wayland in Cinnamon and new Nemo Actions
 • 2023-10-26 Mint experiments with Wayland support in Cinnamon
 • 2023-10-02 Mint publishes new Edge media
 • 2023-08-02 Mint plans new EDGE edition for newer hardware
 • 2023-05-02 Mint working to address issue with Secure Boot
 • 2023-04-03 The Mint team is updating icons and themes
 • 2023-02-28 Mint improves Wrapinator security and file manager performance
 • 2023-01-31 Mint makes changing keyboard layouts easier
 • More Mint headlines...

Table Notes and Explanations
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  • Notes: In case where multiple versions of a package are shipped with a distribution, only the default version appears in the table. For indication about the GNOME version, please check the "nautilus" and "gnome-shell" packages. The Apache web server is listed as "httpd" and the Linux kernel is listed as "linux". The KDE desktop is represented by the "plasma-desktop" package and the Xfce desktop by the "xfdesktop" package.
  • Colour scheme: green text = latest stable version, red text = development or beta version. The function determining beta versions is not 100% reliable due to a wide variety of versioning schemes.
Feature 6-LMDE
faye
21.3
virginia
5-LMDE
elsie
Release Date 2023-09-27 2024-01-10 2022-03-20
End Of Life   2027-04 2024-07
Price (US$) Free Free Free
Image Size (MB) 2500-2700 2500-2700 1900-2000
Free Download ISO ISO ISO
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical
Default Desktop Cinnamon Cinnamon, MATE, Xfce Cinnamon
Package Management DEB, Flatpak DEB, Flatpak DEB
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed
Office Suite LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice
Processor Architecture i686, x86_64 x86_64 i686, x86_64
Init Software systemd systemd systemd
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS
Multilingual Yes Yes Yes
Asian Language Support      
Full Package List 6-lmde 21.3 5-lmde
abiword (3.0.5) -- -- --
alsa-lib (1.2.11) 1.2.8 1.2.6 1.2.4
amdgpu (23.0.0) -- 22.0.0 19.1.0
bash (5.2.21) 5.2 5.1 5.1
bind (9.18.21) -- -- --
chromium (121.0.6167.139) -- -- --
cups (2.4.7) 2.4.2 2.4.1 2.3.3
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) 4.4.3 4.4.1 4.4.1
e2fsprogs (1.47.0) 1.47.0 1.46.5 1.46.2
firefox (122.0) 117.0.1 121.0 98.0
freetype (2.13.2) 2.12.1 2.11.1 2.10.4
gcc (13.2.0) 12.2.0 11.2.0 10.2.1
gimp (2.10.36) -- -- --
glibc (2.39) 2.36 2.35 2.31
gnome-shell (45.3) -- -- --
gnucash (5.5) -- -- --
gnumeric (1.12.56) -- -- --
grub (2.12) 2.06 2.06 2.04
gtk (4.12.5) 4.8.3 3.24.33 3.24.24
httpd (2.4.58) -- -- --
inkscape (1.3.1) -- -- --
k3b (23.08.4) -- -- --
kmod (31) 30 29 28
krita (5.2.2) -- -- --
LibreOffice (24.2.0) 7.4.7 7.3.7 7.0.4
linux (6.7.3) 6.1.52 5.15.0 5.10.103
lxpanel (0.10.1) -- -- --
mariadb (11.1.3) -- -- --
mate-desktop (1.26.2) 1.26.0 1.26.0 1.24.1
mesa (24.0.0) 22.3.6 23.0.4 20.3.5
mysql (8.3.0) -- -- --
nautilus (45.2.1) -- -- --
NVIDIA (545.29.06) -- -- --
openbox (3.6.1) -- -- --
openjdk (21.0.2) 17.0.8u1 11.0.21u 11.0.14
openssh (9.6p1) 9.2p1 8.9p1 8.4p1
openssl (3.2.1) 3.0.9 3.0.2u 1.1.1k
perl (5.38.2) 5.36.0 5.34.0 5.32.1
php (8.3.2) -- -- --
plasma-desktop (5.27.10) -- -- --
postfix (3.8.5) -- -- --
postgresql (16.1) -- -- --
Python (3.12.1) 3.11.2 3.10.6 3.9.2
qt (6.6.1) 5.15.8 5.15.3 5.15.2
samba (4.19.4) 4.17.10 4.15.13 4.13.13
systemd (255.3) 252.12 249.11 247.3
thunderbird (115.7.0) 102.15.1 115.6.0 91.6.2
vim (9.1) 9.0 8.2 8.2
vlc (3.0.20) -- -- --
wayland (1.22.0) -- -- --
xfdesktop (4.18.1) -- 4.18.1 --
xorg-server (21.1.11) 21.1.7 21.1.4 1.20.11


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Version: 21.3
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-02-04
Votes: 3


After several attempts (starting in 1998), Mint 16 was finally the distro that let me move away from Windows and into using Linux for virtually everything. This was despite being a Windows developer for over 20 years. The new versions continues to polish everything that I found great when I originally moved across (i.e. better handling of kernel updates and UI refinements.) My wife moved across with me and we have used Linux as our main systems from 2016.

The key things that made Mint (Cinnamon) good for me are :-

Consistent and clear desktop GUI (easy to edit menus)
Easy to setup and maintain
Good selection of default applications
The ability to take old hardware (especially laptops) and make them useful to their owners again.
Software manage makes many apps easily available

Like all Linux distributions there is a learning curve to use, maintain and the system and I find Mint (for me) to have the best combination of ease of use and consistency, combined with the ability to monitor and control the process.

Issues I have run into have included

Stalling when copying large sets of files
Formatting some media does not work and requires multiple attempts and/or use of command line
Software Manager apps not always up to date

Post 21 versions have improved this and using flatpak for apps seems to make it easier (although the update process is more opaque)


With the latest Mint versions and Steam I am now seriously thinking of moving most of my gaming to Linux too, although I may experiment with more cutting edge distros with more recent Kernels, and game specific features.

All it needs is a alternative VMS/DCL like shell and it would be perfect :),




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Version: 21.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-01-30
Votes: 28


I have used a number of Linux versions since dumping OS/2 Warp for Slackware back in the day. There have been prolonged visits with Red Hat/Fedora, MX, and brief stints with others. I always come back to Linux Mint. It simply works and the community is great when it does not work. It is polished, professional and a great "daily driver". Now that Mint is slowly moving to a Debian base (currently testing in a VM) it is getting better and better.
Much praise for a development team that keeps first things first (ie usability, stability and just plain ease of use).
I cannot recommend Linux Mint highly enough. Looking forward to moving over to the LMDE version soon.


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Version: 21.3
Rating: 3
Date: 2024-01-29
Votes: 1


Never failed to disappoint users during installation.

The "Victoria" failed to detect nVidia card running on 1440p @144Hz and caused monitor "out of sync".
The "Virginia" failed to copy files from USB bootable ISO during installation, "Bad CD/DVD or media"...

I had a good time with Mint before, until the major update broke the system and was unable to login to desktop, I moved away from it and switched to Debian and everything worked smoothly.

Decided to give the new release a try, but still a disappointment at early install stage.


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